aphg unit 7

Why are the Maquiladora factories in Mexico close to the border? Pick all that apply:

• Where the best resources are

• The geography is best there

• Easy to ship in and out of the US

• NAFTA allows for free trade between the US and Mexico

Why are the Maquiladora factories in Mexico close to the border? Pick all that apply:

• Where the best resources are

• The geography is best there

• Easy to ship in and out of the US

• NAFTA allows for free trade between the US and Mexico

Newly industrialized countries (NICs) like Brazil and Mexico are considered part of the 

• Core
• Periphery
• Semi-Periphery
• External

Identify Region #12

• Middle East

• North Africa

• Sub-Sahara Africa

• West Africa

What stage of Rostow's Development Index does technology first get introduced?

• 1-Traditional Society
• 2-Preconditions of takeoff
• 3-takeoff
• 4-drive to maturity

Why does Coca-Cola have bottling plants all over the world and not just one major plant? 

• Because Coca Cola is a Bulk Reducing Industry

• Because Coca Cola is a Bulk Gaining Industry 
• Because Coca Cola invests in many countries around the world

• Because Coca Cola is one of the most famous Maquiladoras

A person living in Town A moves three times, as shown in the diagram, and settles in Town D. This is an example of

• Chain migration

• Step migration

• Distance decay

• Intervening obstacle

• Intervening opportunity

Identify Region #22

• West Africa

• East Africa

• Central Africa

• Southern Africa

Where was the hearth of the Industrial revolution? 

• Germany
• USA
• Russia
• England

The European Union has most benefited its member nations by

• reducing barriers to trade and travel

• sharing expense of a common defense

• promoting the use of a common language

• providing funds and materials for education